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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-02-03
FARM NOTES.

Try crude petroleum which will cost
10 cents gallon, as wood preservative.
Applied to the fences and wood that rests
on the ground, it will add years to the
wear.
If you have spare time during the win
ter it can be put to profitable use in fork
ing over the manure heap. The mater
ials can not be made too fine or thorough
ly decOmposed.
Now that eggs are high the best way to
get them is to have warm quarters for the
hens, and feed on variety of foods with
meat as a portion of the ration three times
per week.
An excellent mode of utilizing any
spare time OF winter is to clean up and
burn all the dried grass and the weeds.
Trimming the trees and the vines may
be done at any time between now and
spring.
The fall colts may be given all the
ground oats they can eat. AS the mares
will have but little labor to perform at
this season of the year there will be no
necessity for weaving the colts before
spring.
Stock, as rule. are naturally clean and
WILL AOu ITO OOWA W I0Sb Ill d HlduuE0 pie
if more clearly and comfortable quar-
tiers are provided, and we all know that
cleanliness is conducive of health.
It is said that when a horse strays off
he is usually found wandering in the di-
rection the wind is blowing, thus turning
| his back to the wind, but with sheep the
contrary is the case, as sheep face the
storm.
Try cutting clover into short lengths,
sleeping it over night in hot water and
feeding to the hogs. It makes cheap
food but one Of the best, not only assist
ing them in growth but greatly promot-
ing helth.
All the plans for next season should be
| arranged now. Have everything in read
| mess to begin work when busy spring
comes, as no time can be spared to at
tend to those matters which may be over
looked now.
There is as much profit in horse-rais-
ing as with any other class of stock. A
good pasture will enable the farmer to
raise two or three colts at but little ex-
pense, and if they are we'll bred they will
always sell at good prices.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-02-03

color of coal. The contrast of the black
coal and the red and blue flames was most
distasteful to him, so his servants had or
ders to sprinkle the fuel literally with
whitewash, which he had on hand for the
purpose. If there was such 3 thing as
white coal, Brewster would pay more
for it than any other man living.
Ben Butler has within. OF late years
he is seldom without a piece of slippery
elm in his mouth, which he declares is an
admirable specific for nervousness. Years
ago Butler was smoker. Then he took
what is known as dry smoke-that is, he
went through the motions of smoking
with an unlighted cigar In his mouth.
From that he was graduated to slippery
elm, and there is no telling which higher
course he Will Ike next.
Congressma- Glover, of st. Louis, who
is about to IN ry the wealthy Miss Pat
ten, is tolu fiend, and the first thing he
does in the morning when he gets out of
bed is to reach for wad of his beloved
tolu. He chews it all day, and rumor
says it is the last thing he removes at
night Glover isn't very pretty man
any way, and the unceasing movement of
those jaws hour after hour does not add
any to his beauty.
Senator Beck's whim is that he can not
sr eak unless he arises with q penhOlder
In his right hand, which he always slams
down upon his desk before he has spoken
dozen words.
There are several members of congress
who have what is known as the crack
walking craze. Not one of these men
would step upon crack in a days walk
unless obliged to do SO by the presence of
brick Sidewalk. They will walk from
the capitol and go the entire length of
Pennsylvania avenue as far as the treas
ury department and not step ON single
crack. There is certain scientific man
here whose name is known all over the
civilized world. Knowing him to be
crackwalker, The Traveller correspondent
asked him how the habit became fixed on
him. After being assured that his name
would not be given be said:
II have had this crack walking habit
for twenty years. In the first place 1
started just for fun to see if / could avoid
stepping on a crack in going certain
distance. I found I could and I made
up my mind to do it for that day. AS I
had great amount of walking to do then
this craze was sort of pleasing diversion.
Then it became settled habit. I have
tried to break it up time and time again,
but it has such hold on me that I pre-
sumo I will remain a crack walker to the
end of my days. There is one peculiar
ity about crack walking and that is that
if I should happen to step on crack by
accident, it would upset me for the day.
Whenever have done this go back and
step over the crack. I can't tell why do
it, but do. Several times [ have made
up my mind to forget all about my mis-
step on my way to the Office, but couldn't.
I have even sat down here in nervous
terror for two hours, trying to overcome
the feeling, and at the end put on my
| coat and hat and walked down the street
to step over that hateful crack. I know
of others that are as badly afflicted as
am. They are all people of nervous tenn
peraments.'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-02-03
WHERE POKER rs PLAYED.

A Town in Which Only One Man Abstains.
This little oil town, on the line of the
Clean, Bradford and Warren Railroad, and
partly in Pennsylvania and partly in New
York, is the greatest poker playing place
in the entire northern oil field, says a
writer in the Philadelphia Times. There
is ouly one mHn In the place who does not
play the game, and ne is a veteran oil
man known as Bible Joe, whose only re-
creation is reading the Bible, which he
does constantly when not at work. No
| one knows what this mans name is Or
where he came from, although he has
been in the oil regions since the days of
the Pithole excitement. He holds prayer
meetings every Sunday night and always
has a good audience of oil-well drillers
and the like, who go to meeting, as they
say, to encourage Bible Joe, but as soon
as the service is over they hasten to their
favorite retreats and play poker. Hardly
an evening passes that there are not some
notable games played at State Line be-
tween rival New York and Pennsylvania
players. They come from as far as Brad
ford, Clean, Warren. Salamanca, and even
Jamestown.
Since active drilling ceased in the State
Line district large portion of the men
places being filed by young men who
pump the wells and take care of the
leases. With the use of natural gas and
automatic inspjrators, with one boiler
running the engines for all the leases or
lots on which producing wells are situat
ed the men find but little to do. The
man on the lease visits the wells in the
morning turns on the gas, touches
match to it, sets his inspirator, oils his
engine, takes gauge of the oil, and has
nothing more to do all day, unless some
thing breaks down. To make the most
of their spare time the boys rig up what
they call telltale wire, running from
one lease to the others. This wire is at
tached to the walking beam of the well
at one lease and to a wooden ticker at
the other, and by this means the pumper
at No. l No. 2 or vice versa, know
all the time just how fast his engine is
going half-mile Or SO away. AS long
as his ticker responds regularly the two
bumpers and other acquaintances sit and
handle their pasteboards and risk their
months wages on their skill Or luck. If
the players belong to the same State the
rules of the game are not drawn too fine
and a winner will be willing to take
wind" on bet. But if one player is a
''York slater" and the other a PennsyI-
vanian the money must accompany each
bet and everything be settled as the
game proceeds. Within radius of two
miles of this poker playing settlement
there are ten games in constant progress.
Orders on employers for wages are &C
cepted as cash in these games, and it is
no uncommon thing for player to have
his entire salary ordered out" before the
month has fairly begun
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-02-03
FARM, HOME AND GARDEN
SHOWED UNDER.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
OF thousand things that the Year showed I'm:

Of a thousand things that the Year showed un-
der,
The busy Old Year that has gone away,
How many VIII rise in the spring, wonder,
Brought TO life by the sun of May?
Will the rose tr ee branches, SO wholly hidden
That never a rose tree seems to be,
at the sweet springs call come forth unbidden
And bud in beauty, and bloom for nes
VIII the fair, green earth, whose throbbing Dos
Is hid, like maid in her gown at night
Wake out of her sleep, and with blade and bios
Gem her garments to please my sight
Over the knoll in the valley yonder
The loveliest buttercups bloomed and grew;
When the snow is gone that drjfted them under,
Will they shoot up sunward and bloom anew?
When wild winds blew and seet storm pelted,
/ lost jewel Of priceless worth;
If I walk that way when the SHOWS have melted,
Will the gem CLEAN up from the bare, brown
earth?
l laid a love that was dead or dying.
For the year to bury and hide from sight;
But out Of trance will it weaken crying,
And push to my heart like leaf to the light?
Under the snow lie things SO cherished
Hopes, ambitions, and dreams of men,
Faces that vanish and trusts that persisted
Never to sparkle or glow again.
The Old Year greediIy grasped his plunGer,
And covered it over and hurried away;
OF the thousand things he hid wonder
How many will rise at the call of May?
O wise Young Year, with your hands held under
Your mantle of ermine. tell me, pray.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-02-03
Feeding Work Horses in Winter.
American Agriculturist for February

1t is not good plan to feed work farm
horses much grain during the winter,
when they have little work to do. If put
to labor, give them the usual feed; but
when not at work one-fourth of the
amount of grain given during the busy
season is enough. Of course they must
have all the good slower they wish.
Horses do not need much grain at this
season; and if given it, they do not have
brisk appetites for it in the spring, and
likely will soon refuse to eat the amount
of grain they need to keep them in good
condition at hard work. IF, however, the
horses are fed almost altogether on stOver
during the winter, they will not refuse
grain when put to work. Inaction is
more apt than the severest exertion to
produce Indigestion; and if the horses
are fed rich food during the winter, they
are apt to meet the spring in poor con-
dition. The necessary animal heat and
fat can be made from stover. mixture
of straw, clover, hay and corn fodder
makes an excellent food for horses In
winter. If any grain is fed it may we'll
be corn, reserving the oats until work
season. The horses must be fed as regu
larly and carefully in winter as when they
are at work. It will not do to give them
heavy feeds one day, when the weather is
pleasant, and scant feeds, later than usual
in the morning and earlier in the evening
the next day, because the weather is
severe. AS for sailing, the best plan is
to keep salt always in a small compart-
ment in one corner of the feed-box. If
the horses are fed and watsred regularly,
given comfortable shelters, kept clean,
supriled with salt, and given teaspoon
full of clean wood ashes in their feed every
other day. they will not need condition
powders. Whenever man resorts to
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-02-03
their tongues, but tar on the roof, a1y
footing, and dry, wholesome atmosphere.
They want plenty of warm red blood in
Breeding Grade Horses.

Farm, Field and Stockman
Very many farmers seem to suppose
they should use a small stallion in the
breeding up of colts that are to be raised
for farm and general every day use.
Nothing could be farther from The mark.
Some years ago there was special craze
for Morgan horses as sires, especially
those of the Black Hawk strain. These
were understood horses, although active
and full of nerve. They were not large
enough for ordinary farm work. or gen
eral teaming, and the use of these as
sires cost the horse breeders of the west
millions of dollars in the reduction in size
of the progeny.
Another class are now in favor of using
thoroughbred stations. This is better,
If large, stanch sires can be had-a most
difficult matter at anything like moderate
cost.
Still another class breed grade sires to
their mares. This class are much further
out of the way than either of the other
classes of breeders.
The true policy is to employ only pure
ly bred sires of the draft blood This in
creases the size, adds bone and muscle,
and is by no means a violent cross, espe-
cially upon mares of good size. In this
case large sized Clydeshire, Percheron
or French draft sire may be used. For
smaller mares select medium sized sires
of the draft breed that may be fancied
Thus. in a few years of breeding, you will
have strain of horses good for any pur.
pose where size, strength, honesty at a
pull, and fair amount of speed is re-
quired. Then, also, when you wish to sell
you can always get good price for we'll
matched colts. Give little weedy sires
wide berth. Breed only to the best. They
are the cheapest in the end.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-02-03
Pitch the Land Overheard.
Boston Record.

A bluff old sea captain of our port
loves to tell of his experience at sea with
On officer whose wits were foggy. One
Light he left the deck with orders to call
,hirh in case there was change of wind
or weather. Hardly had he dropped to
sleep before he was reused by sailor
who said: "The mate says there is land
just ahead of the starboard bows
"Land ahead of the starboard bow
roared the captain. 'TelI him to take a
marlinspike and pitch it overboard!"
'sThe captain was left to have his nap
out after that.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-02-03
Cantharides for Hydrophobia.
Chambers Journal.

A Russian doctor says that he has sue
cessfu-ly treated with cantharides some
patients who were bitten by rabid wolf
Three men were badly bitten by the ami
NAL IN various parts of the body, and
cantharides plasters were applied to the
wounds. At the same time powdered
cantharides we're administered to each in
doses of one grain each day, until certain
well:known signs were exhibited. These
patients have now been in perfect health
for eight months since the bites we're
given, and it is hoped that cantharides
has thus proved successful remedy to
the dire disease with which they were
threatened
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-02-03
PERSONALS

The Archbishop of Paris will be the
next to receive the red hat of the Cardin-
alate.
Ben Hogan, the muscular evangelist, is
trying to convert the gamblers of Wood
land Cal.
By order of his physician, George W.
Childs has betn removed from Philadel-
phia to Wooton.
Jefferson Davis has been presented a
cane made from wood of one of the trees
under which he was captured near Twins
vile, Ga.
The Rothschilds, who now control all
the quicksilver mines in the world, are
said to be intending extensive invest
ments in gold mines.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-02-03
Housing Sheep.
American AgricRIturiSt.


1t Is one of the most prevalent and
persistent errors of the farmer that sheep
need housing less than any other domes-
tic animal, because they have better
natural covering. We are told by these
dlsbellevers that sheep will stand quietly
for hours in rain when by moving ten
feet they could get under cover. There
are generally two reasons for this fact.
First-The house is SO foul with ammonia
(though the fock-master, whose nostrils
are generally several feet above the floor,
may not perceive it) that they will suffer
before they will enter it. Second-Unless
the rain is violent it takes it some time
to enter the skin of the animal and
cause them Inconvenience. An animal
bearing a pelage of short thin hairs,
though 1t experiences discomfort from
the falling drops sooner than one which
has dense coat, is really better prepared
to resist the hardships of outdoor life
than the other, for the reason that the
water dries off sooner.
Cold Is an enemy of life, and chilIs are
always loss. External chiIls drive the
blood IN upon the viscera and produce
congestion In greater or less degree,
pneumonia, fever, colds in the head, etc.
The farmer who suffers his sheep to get a
wetting every few days through the win
ter, wonders why they are shifting so
much, with their nOs5rils constantly
plugged up with disgusting accumula-
lions of dried mucus. He smears tar
over their noses; he holds them between
his knees, pulls their tongues well out
and thrusts tar far back into their mouths.
What they need is not tar Oh the roots of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-02-03
More Food.
Country Gentleman.

Fodder corn is becoming more and
more an essential crop on the farms. In
no way can SO much bulk of food be pro-
duced at SO little cost. It fills the siIo
the fastest, and it goes the furthest when
cured. The moving machine renders the
cutting Jess laborious, which may be made
even less by utilizing the reaper. Tbs
old-time bush scythe, when welded by a
strong arm, will lay down large breadth
of it. We should have it to bridge over
the summers drouth and make up for the
overfed pasture. It will help fill out the
autumn and fill the demands of winter.
1t should be known that in cod winter it
is not complete food, but lacks in heat
producing properties. These should be
supplied in other forms, or stock will only
live, and perhaps get poorer. A little
corn meal fed with corn stalks will bal
ance up the ration. In all cases there
should be some fat forming foods along
with the cornstalks. Farmers, no doubt,
have noticed that corn stalks will increase
the How of milk, but it will lack in butter
fats This want may be supplied by feed
ing corn, linseed, cotton seed meal or
other grains. 1t is economy to give the
COWS extra feed with the corn FODDER, and
SO supply all of the wants of the system
and prevent depletion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-02-03

Cornelius Vanderbilt is going into the
dairy business extensively on the farm in
Rhode Island which he recently bought
from August Belmont.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-02-03

Boil in milk and water with little salt
mold In square pan, and when cold cut
into small squares; dip in egg and crack
or dust and fry light brown.
RICE JELLY.
Cook two tablespoonfuls of rice in a
quart of water till the rice is dissolved,
add lemon and sugar and strain. Serve
with cream and sugar.
MARBLE CAKE.
Light part-Three cups of sugar, one
of butter, one of sour cream, five cups of
flour, white of eight eggs, one teaspoon
full of baking powder and one of lemon
extract. Dark part-Two cups of brown
sugar, one of molasses, one of butter one
of milk, five cups of -four, yolks of eight
eggs, one teaspoon of baking powder one
each of extract of cloves, nutmegs, GIN
ger, allspice, cinnamon, lemon and bitter
almond; put in pan in alternate layers.
Bake an hour. Ice when cold.
BEEF SAUSAGE.
Chop tough or coarse s'steak-p piece"
fine, or get your butcher to do it for you;
season with little powdered thyme, salt,
pepper, very little mustard, q teaspoon
full of lemon juice and pinch of grated
lemon peel; make into round, fat cakes,
roll in -four and fry in a little hot drip
ping of butter, turning as they brown.
Drain and serve hot.
Gladstone's Birthday Presents.
Pail Mall Gazette.
In the Olympia researches which He is
said to be making, Mr.. Gladstone has pro-
badly not begun thinking over that little
affair of Danae and her admirers. How
ever, he has had a shower of his own,
from which we may draw political infer
ences. for clouds of telegrems have OBJ
scured Hawarden for the last few days.
1t must have been rather fall for Willie
to have stepped down from "Olympus" to
view the sausages, the grapes, the Devon
shire cream, and a chaos of comestibles
from which Mrs. Gladstone will envolve
kosmos for the Hawarden letters. Then
the kilograms would paper Mr.. Gladstone's
study.
Who was the 'little lady from Shep-
herds bush" who hopes that "you have
had happy day?"
Who the nameless donor of an old UNI
brella?
Who the slowing friend" whose tele-
gram says, "God spare You, good Willie,
to us, then take you to heaven, which may
be polite way of wishing that Mr.. Glad
stone was in Olympus, indeed, even if it
was not the Olympus of Zeus.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-02-03
GREAT MEMS WHIMS.
The Crack Walking Ca
Boston Traveller.

The Crack Walking Case.
Boston Traveller.
Great men have whims as we'll as small
ones, ana public personages are frequent
ly very queer upon some particular thing.
Probably ex-Atty. Gen. Brewster had the
strongest conceit of any man who ever
came to Washington. He liked an open
CRATE fire, but somehow he detested the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-02-03
THE HOUSEHOLD.
FRIED RICE.

Boil in milk and water with little salt
mold in square pan, and when cold cut
into small squares; dip in egg and crack
or dust and fry light brown.
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